random samplings of a restless mind scanning life's canopy
BBC viewers across the pond are getting to see a new series this week, about tigers in Bhutan. Until those of us in other parts of the world get to see Lost Land of the Tiger, here's a rather overwrought/over-the-top trailer:
Does a documentary about Tigers in Bhutan really need such hype? Especially when it also features Alan Rabinowitz? As if that combination is not enough, the series also features first-time-ever footage of tigers at high altitudes, closer to the treeline than they've ever even been suspected of existing! Except by the local Bhutanese who have known about these high-altitude tigers for some time. After all it was local reports that led this crew to set the camera traps along the high altitude trails.
Now that footage, I'd love to see more of! But I hope the tone of the rest of the series isn't as over-the-top as in the trailer above. If you think you won't attract any particular viewer demographic with that combination of charismatic creature, enigmatic location, and charismatic biologist, do you really want those viewers? But what do I know about the marketing decisions of tv networks?! Nor do I know how long the BBC and/or National Geographic will make us wait for this series outside of the UK.
Meanwhile, here's a bonus: a great episode of Radiolab featuring Alan Rabinowitz, from 2007:
I'm a reconciliation ecologist studying the responses of wildlife to human influences through an evolutionary lens. I seek ways to apply evolutionary ecology towards reconciling biodiversity conservation with human development. Also a father of two girls; photographer; birdwatcher; bookworm; cinephile; and explorer of the internets.
I'm a reconciliation ecologist studying the responses of wildlife to human influences through an evolutionary lens. I seek ways to apply evolutionary ecology towards reconciling biodiversity conservation with human development. Also a father of two girls; photographer; birdwatcher; bookworm; cinephile; and explorer of the internets.
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